Coin-operated holder for books or other articles



(No Model.)

O. H. BAYLEY. COIN 'OPBRATED HOLDER FOR BOOKS 0R OTHER ARTICLES;

Patented A131222, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES ll. BAYLEY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

COIN-OPERATED HOLDER FOR BOOKS O OTHER-ARTICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 426,098, dated April22, 1890.

Application iiled January 16, 1890. Serial No. 337,139. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. BAYLEY, of Boston, county of Suffolk,State ot' Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Coin-OperatedIlolders for Books orother Articles, of which the following description,in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, likeletters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object to construct an automatic apparatus bywhich books, papers, magazines, or other articles held in a suitableframe or box may be rendered:accessible, so as to be removed and read orused, but only after the placing of a coin in certain releasingmechanism to be def scribed.

In accordance with my invention a book, magazine, paper, or otherarticle is held in a frame or boxby suitable locking mechanism, thelatter having co-operating with it certain releasing mechanismconstructed and arranged to be operated by a coin to release the lockingmechanism.

The book or other article is shown as attached to the frame by a chainor cord, so that it cannot be carried away, said chain or cord being,however, detachable to enable the book or article to be changed one foranother.

Figure l shows in front elevation a frame or box for holding books andother articles, it being provided with a locking and releasing deviceembodying this invention; Fig. 2, a vertical section of the frame andattached devices shown in Fig. l, taken on the dotted line so cc; Figs.3, 4, and 5, vertical sectional details of the releasing device to bedescribed, Figs. 3 and 4 showing a coin in the releasing device; Fig. 6,a perspective detail of part of the releasing device; and Figs. 7 and S,details to be referred to, showing the locking device for the chain orcord.

The 'frame or box as herein represented consists, essentially, of a)backboard a, base a', sides a2, and front slats a, within which is abook l), or it may be other reading mat ter or article which it isdesired to use.

A cap or plate c, herein shown substantially as long as the frame iswide and having journals c at cach end by which to pivot it in the.trame or box, constitutes a cover or lid, said plate curved, as shownin Fig. 2, overlapping or closing the opening leading into the frame andhaving an extension c2, which terminates near or rests against the upperedge of the upper front slat a3. The plate or lid c hangs by gravity.

Two guideways (Z2 d2, secured to the base of the front slat as bysuitable screws a", are slotted at lO to receive the ends of a rod orjournal d of an arm d, normally held elevatedfas shown in Figs. l and 2,by means of a releasing device to be described. Vhen the arm d is in itsvertical or elevated position, Figs. l and 2, it constitutes a lockingdevice for the plate or lid c, preventing it from being raised, thelocking device at such time entering a hole ci* in the arm d and holdingit up, as in Figs. 1 and 2.

The releasing device comprising a latch e, (see Figs. 3, 4, and 6,)attached to the rear side of a box-like frame or structure c has, asshown, a recess or opening at its rear side to permit the entrance ofapush-button when a coin is not present, the lower end of the said latchengaging the upper end of the arm d.

The box-like frame of structure e has a hole or slot c2 at or near itsupper end of sufficient size to receive a coin of any desireddenomination, the length of the slot being equal to the diameter of acoin ot the desired denomination. The recess in the latch cis surroundedby a suitable projection (shown as an annular flange) e4, or it maybe asocketed boss which projects through an opening formed in the rear sideof the box-like frame. The flange eA1 terminates a short distance fromthe inner side of the front plate of the boxlike frame or structure e',the intcrven ing space being substantially equal to the thickness of thecoin to be dropped into the frame.

The inner side of the back plate of the boxlike structure c has aninclined guide or projection ci to guide the coin into the space betweenthe ilange c" and the face-plate ctthe box. The coin when in thisposition rest-s upon a platform'or bar f, (shown best in Fig. 5,)pivoted at f', said bar normally resting upon the upper end of the armd.

The face of the box e has a hole through ICO it at a point opposite thecenter of the fiange c4, which hole receives a stud g or push-buttonhaving at one end a head g of any suitable construction, said stud beingnormally retracted, as in Fig. 5, by means of a spring g2, and, asherein shown, the spring and stud are for the most part concealed by acap g3. The end of the stud g Within the box-like frame c normally liesflush With the inner side of the face thereof, and when` a coin isdropped into the boX and is held on the pivoted bar f a person bypressing upon the stud or push-button g Will move it and cause the studto strike against the said coin, and the latter in turn acting on thelatch c Will move it rearwardly, thus releasing the arm d, which Willfall by gravity and permit the bar f to drop onto the outer end of thelatch c.

The box-like frame or structure e has a hole or passage through one ofits side Walls, as at e, (see Fig. 5,) so that a coin dropped into thestructure c Will, after the arm d has been released and the bar f hasdropped, roll along the inclined upper side of the said bar f and passout through the said opening e into the main body of the said structure,Where it will be retained until the cover of the structure has beenopened.' The locking device d, having been released, will drop into thedotted-line position, Fig. 2, when the plate or 4lid c may be lifted andthe book or other article may be removed.

To reset the apparatus, the arm d Will be pushed up into the box-likeframe e into proper position, lifting the bar f, and thereby permittingthe latch to again return to its normal position and engage the arm.Should the stud or push-button g be pressed when a coin is not in place,it Will simply enter the recess bounded by the flange e4.

A iiexible connection, as a chain or cord o, is attached to the book,magazine, orother article b to be held in the frame, and the oppositeend of the said chain or cord has formed on or attached to it aco-operative part of an auxiliary locking device, (best shown in Figs. 7and 8,) it consisting of a block, as 02, having an annular groove 03,said block passing through a hole in the box er frame e. A dat spring 04bears against the end of the block o2 to normally press it outward, andanother flat spring 05, having a bifurcated end, bears upon the blocko2, the end thereof entering the annular groove.

To remove the block 02 thev spring 05 is raised by hand, the top of thebox e being open for such purpose; but to replace the block it is simplypushed against -the spring o4 until the spring 05 b ears down upon andengages it.

Many Vof the elements comprising this invention may be variouslymodified, and hence `^n lfd"c`fnot desire to limit iny'invention to theparticular devices shown, for I believe myself to be the first tocontrive a frame or box to hold a book or other similar-shaped articlelocked therein, but which maybe taken lfrom the frame or box and readafter the introduction of a coin into a releasing device for the lockingdevice.

The box may contain an opera-glass.

I claim-J l. A frame to hold a book or other article, a lid therefor,and a gravity-actuated arm CZ forV the lid, and guideways for said armd, combined with a releasing device for the said gravity-actuated armCZ, the releasing device being composed of a latch and stud for movingit When a coin is interposed between the latch and stud, substantiallyas described.

2. A frame to contain a book, magazine, or other article, a lockingdevice Vto retain the frame closed about the article, and a releasingdevice for the said Ylocking device, combined with a iiexible connectionto Which the article is attached and a spring-actuated locking device,substantially as described, forlthe said flexible connection, as and forthe purpose set forth.

3. A frame to contain a book or other article, a gravity-actuated lidtherefor, an arm, as d, co-operating with the lid, and a releasingdevice for the said arm d, the said releasing device including a latchadapted to engage and hold the said arm @La flange on said latch, and astud or push-button adapted to move the latch When a coin is interposedbetween the said flange and stud, substantially as described. y

4. A frame to contain a book or other article, a locking devicetherefor, consisting of an arm d, adapted to slide in guideways, areleasing device composed of a latch having a proj ection c", and means,substantially` as .described,for moving the releasing device, conibinedwith a box-like frame or structure having a slot or opening to receive acoin and by co-operation with which the latch is moved,

substantially as described.

5. The frame to contain abook or other article, a locking devicetherefor, a latch having a projection, a push-button, and a boxlikeframe or structure having an opening to receive a coin and anotheropening, as c, through `Which the coin is discharged, conibined with apivotedV bar f to arrestY the coin opposite the push-button to be actedupon, as described, and turn the latch to release the locking device, asand for the purposes set forth.

G. rlhe latch havinga recess at the inner side and a pivoted bar toarrest a coin opposite the-said recess, combined with a push-button toact on the said coin When present to move the latch, the movement of thepush-button when the coin is absent not affecting the said latch,substantially as described.

7. Thelatch havinga recess at its inner side,

a pivoted bar to act as a stop for a coin opposite the said recess, anda push-button, combined with a locking device adapted to be engaged bythe said latch, the `dropping of the said bar engaging a shoulder of thelatch and IOO IIO

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Io latch, and en exit for the coin, the entrance to which is controlledby said pivoted bar, substantially its described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES H. BAYLEY.

Vitnesses:

GEo. W. GREGORY, EMMA J. BENNETT.

